Posts tagged Education
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Breakfast links: Let’s play politics
GOP would privatize Northeast Corridor; House committee would halt St. E’s; Bill has a few BRAC fixes; Gas tax holiday for holidays?; Bulova wants GMU precinct; Barry, Brown tussle; Carjackings raise questions; CaBi opens eyes; And…. Keep reading…
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Capitol Hill community rallies for Ward 6 unity
Today the DC Council’s Subcommittee on Redistricting releases their much-anticipated proposal for new boundaries for the eight existing city wards. Yesterday, community members from around Ward 6 (as we know it) came together for a Rally to Keep Capitol Hill Together. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Rough on the powerless
Metro Transit Police injure disabled man; Gray for affordable housing but his budget isn’t; Taxi medallions help just a few; American tries to satisfy neighbors; Taking the T out of TOD; Alexandria shrinks Potomac Yard zone; Future BRAC phases loom; Bike bits; It’s not the talk-loudly-for-16-hours car. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Speed can be scary
Mt. Vernon Trail not friendly to kids; Speed brings skeletons; This week in hipsterdom; More TOD for PG; More autonomy, more meddling?; Bostonians pinpoint the bus; Midtown Manhattan adds pop-up cafes; Philly reduces sewer overflows; And…. Keep reading…
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Georgetown U needs to manage transportation demand
DDOT rejected Georgetown University’s campus plan last week, citing its lack of an aggressive transportation demand management plan. While we are not in agreement about the Office of Planning’s call for on-campus housing for 100% of undergraduates, we are in agreement that GU could make a much more aggressive investment in transit. We believe that Georgetown… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Still wanting
USDOT disses Union Station; CMs want more money; Wolf wants VA control of MWAA; All curbside buses at Union Station?; DCPS waiting lists growing; Montgomery to raise parking fees; Few driving the ICC; Metro adding more hybrid buses; Traffic tragedies at all ages. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Cuts all around
Cuts could kill?; DCPS cuts 660 jobs; Metro shuts markets; A gentrifier comes to Rosedale; CaBi keeps growing; WABA keeps low profile in Wards 7 & 8; Peds struck, one killed in Loudoun; Federal government to sell property; And…. Keep reading…
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OP wants 100% of GU undergrads on campus by 2016
Yesterday, the Office of Planning issued its report on Georgetown University’s ten year campus plan. It recommends some severe and surprising restrictions on the university, including a demand that GU house 100% of undergraduates on campus by the fall of 2016. GU’s proposed campus plan would cap its traditional undergraduate enrollment at 6,652. In addition,… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Once upon a time
Time means change; The Mount Pleasant riots; Landlords discriminate against poor; The consequences of DUI leniency; MoCo ups traffic safety enforcement; CaBi clips; Charters as the internet of public education; McDonnell renews push for drilling; Governments asking you about engaging you; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: No free lunch
Bag fees, Bethesda to Burtonsville; WMATA employees park free; DDOT rejects Walmart traffic study; Visualize the 4/26 election; Black church turns to solar; Today in buildings; Where are the food deserts?; Using Tysons to better Fairfax; And…. Keep reading…